diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
index d4d67889..dee21377 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ fun repos(vararg repos : String) {
     repos.forEach { Kobalt.addRepo(HostConfig(it)) }
 }
 
+@Directive
+fun buildFileClasspath(vararg deps: String) {
+    deps.forEach { Kobalt.addBuildFileClasspath(it) }
+}
+
 @Directive
 fun authRepos(vararg repos : HostConfig) {
     repos.forEach { Kobalt.addRepo(it) }
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
index 29b9a6b2..075b23b5 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.Constants
 import com.beust.kobalt.HostConfig
 import com.beust.kobalt.Plugins
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.google.inject.Guice
 import com.google.inject.Injector
 import com.google.inject.Module
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ class Kobalt {
                 if (repo.url.endsWith("/")) repo
                 else repo.copy(url = (repo.url + "/")))
 
+        val buildFileClasspath = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
+
+        fun addBuildFileClasspath(dep: String) {
+            val dependencyManager = Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(DependencyManager::class.java)
+            buildFileClasspath.add(dependencyManager.create(dep))
+        }
+
         private val KOBALT_PROPERTIES = "kobalt.properties"
         private val PROPERTY_KOBALT_VERSION = "kobalt.version"
         private val PROPERTY_KOBALT_VERSION_CHECK_TIMEOUT = "kobalt.version.checkTimeout"  // ISO-8601
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildFileCompiler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildFileCompiler.kt
index 9beef9c8..7ace1fae 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildFileCompiler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildFileCompiler.kt
@@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ public class BuildFileCompiler @Inject constructor(@Assisted("buildFiles") val b
             log(2, "  Need to recompile ${buildFile.name}")
 
             buildScriptJarFile.delete()
+            val buildFileClasspath = Kobalt.buildFileClasspath.map { it.jarFile.get() }.map { it.absolutePath }
             val result = kotlinCompilePrivate {
                 classpath(files.kobaltJar)
                 classpath(pluginUrls.map { it.file })
+                classpath(buildFileClasspath)
                 sourceFiles(listOf(buildFile.realPath.toFile().absolutePath))
                 output = buildScriptJarFile
             }.compile(context = context)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
index 7d4933c1..219e3eda 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ParsedBuildFile(val buildFile: BuildFile, val context: KobaltContext, val
         val dependencyManager: DependencyManager, val files: KFiles) {
     val pluginList = arrayListOf<String>()
     val repos = arrayListOf<String>()
+    val buildFileClasspath = arrayListOf<String>()
     val profileLines = arrayListOf<String>()
     val pluginUrls = arrayListOf<URL>()
     val projects = arrayListOf<Project>()
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ class ParsedBuildFile(val buildFile: BuildFile, val context: KobaltContext, val
                     index = line.indexOf("repos(")
                     if (index >= 0) {
                         current = repos
+                    } else {
+                        index = line.indexOf("buildFileClasspath(")
+                        if (index >= 0) {
+                            current = buildFileClasspath
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ class ParsedBuildFile(val buildFile: BuildFile, val context: KobaltContext, val
 
         repos.forEach { preBuildScript.add(it) }
         pluginList.forEach { preBuildScript.add(it) }
+        buildFileClasspath.forEach { preBuildScript.add(it) }
     }
 
     private fun initPluginUrls() {